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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julia Kollewe

KFC and Pizza Hut owner and Heineken pause business in Russia

KFC customers in a Moscow shopping centre.
KFC customers in a Moscow shopping centre. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, along with Mothercare, Heineken and Universal Music Group, have become the latest companies to pause business in Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

After a number of major western brands, including McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, bowed to public pressure and suspended operations in Russia, the Kentucky-based Yum! Brands followed suit.

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